In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Legal Advocate, Tara Saunders, attended the 1st Annual Domestic Violence Empowerment Event: “I Am Not A Punching Bag: Keep Your Hands to Yourself.”
Pictured here is Ms. Necol Millsip, President and CEO of Soldier of Love Foundation, who sponsored the event. Pictured below is advocate Tara Saunders and Chad Lassiter, co-founder and current president of Black Men at Penn School of Social Work, Inc. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.
1 in 10 women suffer from domestic abuse later in life. The event was held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and built awareness and provided education about domestic violence to all who attended.